Author: Chris Bailey

Hyperfocus provides profound insights into how you can best take charge of your attention to achieve a greater sense of purpose and productivity throughout the day.

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Author: James Clear

No matter your goals, Atomic Habits offers a proven framework for improving–every day. James Clear, one of the world’s leading experts on habit formation, reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results.

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Author: Carleton University

Welcome to the Procrastination Research Group (PRG). Over the past 20 years, our exclusive focus has been on researching the breakdown in volitional action we commonly call procrastination.

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Author: Habitica

Habitica is an app that helps you develop healthy habits as well as organizes your daily to-do lists and goals, all while playing a game. This is great for a student who needs a little incentive to stay on task.

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Author: Saundra McGuire

The author introduces her readers, through the concept of metacognition, to the importance and powerful consequences of understanding themselves as learners.

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Author: Queens SASS

Having the template is helpful, and students can obviously translate this to an agenda or app if that works better for them, but the real brilliance here is giving students a process to work through in setting up their time.

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Author: Forest

Forest is an app that can help you break the habit of constantly being on your smartphone. The app works by “planting a seed” in a forest. If you stay away from your phone, your forest will grow, but if you use your phone, your forest will wither.

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Author: Tim Pychyl

Based on current psychological research and supplemented with clear strategies for change, this concise guide will help readers finally break free from self-destructive ideas and habits, and move into freedom and accomplishment.

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Author: Cold Turkey Software, Inc.

Cold turkey is a software that you can download on your laptop/pc that blocks websites to eliminate distractions.

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Author: Queens SASS

This is such a common topic in academic skills appointments, and I find myself pulling bits and pieces from this resource often. The questions are really good for getting students to reflect on what’s happening when they procrastinate—and the steps they’re willing to take to make a change.

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